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1701 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on buff laid paper
24.1 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Donato Creti
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Donato Creti was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna, Papal States. He is described by Wittkower as the "Bolognese Marco Benefial", in that his style was less decorative and edged into a more formal neoclassical style. It is an academicized grand style that crystallizes into a manneristic neoclassicism, with crisp and frigid modeling of the figures. Among his followers were Aureliano Milani, Francesco Monti, and Ercole Graziani the Younger. Two other pupils were Domenico Maria Fratta and Giuseppe Peroni.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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